CAMPFIRE ASHES
Ashes taken from a campfire are sprinkled into the flames of the next campfire. The next morning, when the ashes are cold, they are stirred and each Scout takes some along to mix with his next campfire.
If more than one Scout brings ashes to the same campfire, the lists are pooled, with the dates and places of all the campfires recorded and passed on. It is traditional that only those present at the ceremony carry away ashes from that ceremony.
We carry our friendship with us in these
ashes from other campfires with other
comrades in other lands. May the joining
of the dead fires with the leaping flames
symbolize once more the unbroken chain that
binds Scouts and Guides around the world.
With the greetings from Scouts of the United
States everywhere.
These ashes have been carried by American Scouts around the world and have come from 111 campfires in 16 different countries:
1956 – GERMANY – Order of the Arrow Council Fire, Camp Freedom
1956 – SCOTLAND – International Jamborette
1957 – GERMANY – Order of the Arrow Council Fire, Camp Freedom
1957 – ENGLAND – World Jamboree, Sutton Colfield
1958 – SWITZERLAND – International Scout Chalet, Kanderstag
1958 – GERMANY – Order of the Arrow Council Fire, Camp Freedom
1959 – GERMANY – Order of the Arrow Council Fire, Camp Freedom
1959 – USA – National Junior Roundup
1961 – USA – Roundup
1962 – USA – Roundup
1962 – SWITZERLAND – Our Chalet, Adelboden
1963 – USA – All State Campout
1964 – USA – All State Arizona Project
1965 – USA – Senior Campout
1965 – USA – Shadow Ridge Campout
1965 – USA – Cadette Campout
1965 – USA – All State Campout
1965 – USA – All State Arizona Campout
1965 – Camp Mary White
1966 – USA – Cadette Campout
1967 – CANADA – With Lady Baden – Powell
1967 – BRAZIL – Secone Pan American Jamboree, Rio de Janerio
1968 – TAIWAN – Jungle Survival
1968 – TAIWAN – Camp McCauley
1969 – USA – Camp Chimney Park, Longs Peak Council, Wyoming
1970 – GERMANY – Training Camp, Schwetzingen Forest
1970 – GERMANY – German Guide Camp, Petershof, Odenwald
1970 – ENGLAND – Diamond Jubilee Camp, Lancashire
1970 – USA – Camp Covered Bridge, Louisville Kentucky
1971 – GERMANY – Garmisch Conference
1971 – BELGIUM – Training Camp, Fresnaye
1971 – HOLLAND – Whitsun Camp, Dwingeloc
1971 – USA – Camp Covered Bridge, Louisville Kentucky
1972 – GERMANY – Camp Juliette, Rhein Main
1972 – GERMANY – Junior Campout
1972 – GERMANY – Camp Lachenwald
1972 – BELGUIM – Training Camp, Chievres
1972 – GERMANY – Munich
1972 – GERMANY – Siegenberg
1972 – GERMANY – Garmisch Conference
1972 – USA – Peoria Illinois Little Roundup
1972 – USA – Camp Covered Bridge, Louisville Kentucky
1973 – MEXICO – Our Cabana, Cuerravera
1973 – USA – Arizona
1973 – GERMANY – Training Camp, Friendship Acres
1973 – BELGIUM – Training Camp, Abbaye de Maredsous
1973 – GERMANY – Training Camp, Idenheim
1973 – GERMANY – Camp Zorus
1973 – GERMANY – Camp Lachewald
1973 – BELGIUM – Belgium Guide Camp, LaFresnaye
1973 – GERMANY – Resident Training Camp, Idenheim
1973 – GERMANY – Siakein
1973 – GERMANY – Leadership Training, Seeshaupt
1973 – LIECHTENSTEIN – Guides and Scouts Camp
1973 – GERMANY – Heidelberg Day Camp, Schwetzingen Forest
1973 – GERMANY – French/English Cadette Campout, Berlin
1973 – GERMANY – Seehaupt
1973 – USA – Wood Badge Training, Region 4, Buckskin Reservation
1973 – USA – Camp Rough River, Old Kentucky Home Council
1973 – USA – Philmont Training Center
1973 – USA – National Jamboree West, Farragut National Park, Idaho
1974 – GERMANY – Trainer’s Conference, Heidelberg
1974 – USA – Pennsylvania
1974 – SWITZERLAND – Our Chalet, Adelboden
1974 – GERMANY – Camp Lelback, Senior Camping
1974 – FRANCE – French/German/American Campout, Vogesen
1974 – GERMANY – District Hilltop Day Camp, Stuttgard
1974 – GERMANY – Cadette Encampment, Stuttgard
1974 – SWITZERLAND – Camp Training, Our Chalet, Adelboden
1974 – GERMANY – Munich
1974 – GERMANY – Camp Dahn
1974 – ENGLAND – Keys to Partnership Conference, Oxford
1974 – GERMANY – Outdoor Training, Camp Dahn
1974 – GERMANY – District Conference, Camp Taho, Kaiserslautern
1974 – GERMANY – Training Conference, Zwingenberg Youth Hostel
1974 – ENGLAND – Our Ark, London
1974 – COLUMBIA – Third Pan American Jamboree, Bogota
1974 – GERMANY – Wood Badge Training, NE III-9, Camp Freedom
1974 – LUXENBOURG – Wood Badge Training, Vianden
1975 – ENGLAND – UK Conference, Green Magic, B-P House
1975 – GERMANY – Hostel Bash, Manderscheed
1975 – GERMANY – Leader Campout, Schwetzingen Forest
1975 – GERMANY – All Junior Campout, Schwetzingen Forest
1975 – GERMANY – Heidelberg Day Camp, Schwetzingen Forest
1975 – BELGUIM – Intercamp ’75 (six nations)
1975 – GERMANY – Wood Badge Training, NE III-23, Camp Freedom
1975 – GERMANY – Klondike Derby, Heidelberg
1975 – NORWAY – 14th World Jamboree, Lillehammer
1975 – GERMANY – 6th Grade Junior Campout, Schwetzingen Forest
1975 – GERMANY – Leadership Development Training, Schwetzingen
1976 – GERMANY – District Spring Camporee, Lampertheim Woods
1976 – GERMANY – Wood Badge Training, NE III-32, Camp Freedom
1976 – GERMANY – Wood Badge Training, NE III-33, Camp Freedom
1976 – GERMANY – Order of the Arrow Conference, Camp Freedom
1976 – ENGLAND – Wood Badge Training, NE III-34, Gilwell Park
1977 – USA – Portage Spring Camporee, Fort Dearbon
1977 – USA – Campfire, Pompeii Community Camp, Park Forrest IL
1977 – USA – National Scout Jamboree, Moraine State Park PA
1977 – USA – Campfire, T-56, Two Rivers Council, National Jambo
1977 – USA – Campfire, Pompeii Community Camp, Park Forest IL
1978 – USA – Campfire, Pompeii Community Camp, Park Forest IL
1980 – USA – Eastern Camporee, West Point New York
1981 – USA – Wood Badge Training, NE I-89, Rowley MA
1981 – USA – Fox Patrol Campfire – NE I-89, Rowley MA
1982 – USA – Isaac Davis Camporee, Acton MA
1982 – USA – Wunita fi1 JLT, T-12/T-409, Camp Carpenter, NH
1982 – USA – Lone Tree Council Webelos Camporee, Kingston NH
1982 – USA – Fox Camporee, Camp Maude Eaton & Merrymeeting Andover MA
1982 – USA – Tahattawan Encampment, Camp Runels, Pelham, NH
1987 – USA – 75th Anniversary Encampment, USA/England/Canada Spar & Spindle Girl Scout Council, Tewksbury MA
1987 – USA – Wood Badge Training, NE I-130, Raymond, NH